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Man Dies, Playing Videogames...
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Fri Aug 12, 2005 @ 11:45pm |
 Coolness: 150600 | South Korean man dies after nearly 50 straight hours playing computer games
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A 28-year-old man died of an apparent heart attack after playing computer games non-stop for 49 hours in an Internet cafe, police said. The man, identified only by his last name, Lee, collapsed Friday after having eaten minimally and not sleeping. He had refused to leave his keyboard while he played the battle simulation game Starcraft, police said. Lee, a resident in the southern city of Taegu, taken to hospital but died after a few hours, due to what doctors believed was a heart attack, police said. Lee had been fired from his job last month because he kept missing work to play computer games. The games are enormously popular in South Korea, home to professional gamers who earn big money through sponsorships and television stations devoted to broadcasting matches. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Fri Aug 12, 2005 @ 11:46pm |
| Coolness: 150600 | Now, that's fucking stupid. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Sat Aug 13, 2005 @ 8:47am |
 Coolness: 339805 | south koreans are gonna soon be gettin' fat like americans.
when are they gonna invent the pill that makes people unlazy? or would taking that make you lazy? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» soyfunk replied on Sat Aug 13, 2005 @ 12:26pm |
 Coolness: 126910 | no joke
south korea gamers get all the groupies they even have a webbased economy with these little avatars and virtual stuff you can purchase i got a handfull of articles on how the rapidly growing economy is affecting the society |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» No_Comply replied on Sat Aug 13, 2005 @ 12:26pm |
 Coolness: 85075 | Originally posted by DJNEOFORM...
when are they gonna invent the pill that makes people unlazy?QUOTE] umm, speed? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» earthyspirit replied on Sat Aug 13, 2005 @ 12:34pm |
 Coolness: 229815 | hahah so true. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Sat Aug 13, 2005 @ 3:18pm |
| Coolness: 339805 | speed makes you jerky and retarded, not unlazy.. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» No_Comply replied on Sat Aug 13, 2005 @ 6:32pm |
| Coolness: 85075 | speak for urself |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Sat Aug 13, 2005 @ 6:53pm |
| Coolness: 339805 | uhh, i'm jerky and retarded? *good one* |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Sun Aug 14, 2005 @ 5:56am |
 Coolness: 685730 | I fucking love Gunbound.
and the drunk makes it better. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Sun Aug 14, 2005 @ 9:17am |
| Coolness: 339805 | gunbound gets boring after about 4 minutes. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» ApR1zM replied on Sun Aug 14, 2005 @ 12:32pm |
 Coolness: 164940 | in MAKE zine #2 they have a chart where you see a graphical representation of the value of W.O.W golds compared with the us$ value !
so yeah SAm it is influencing economy :D |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Trey replied on Mon Aug 15, 2005 @ 8:45pm |
 Coolness: 102905 | from /.
[ www.pointlesswasteoftime.com ] useless fact: the reason that pc games are so popular with Koreans (instead of console) is that after the occupation of WW2, the korean ban alot of japanese goods. So no Sega, Nintendo, Sony, etc... |
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